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Japan expands virus emergency after record spikes amid Games

TOKYO (AP) - Japan expanded a coronavirus state of emergency to four more areas in addition to Tokyo on Friday following record spikes in infections as the capital hosts the Olympics. Prime Minister Y...

Jul 30, 2021

Hong Kong protester given 9-year term in 1st security case

HONG KONG (AP) - A pro-democracy protester was sentenced Friday to nine years in prison in the closely watched first case under Hong Kong's national security law as Beijing tightens control over the t...

Jul 30, 2021

Navy charges sailor with setting fire that destroyed warship

SAN DIEGO (AP) - The U.S. Navy charged a sailor Thursday with starting a fire last year that destroyed the USS Bonhomme Richard docked off San Diego, marking the maritime branch's worst warship blaze ...

Jul 29, 2021

Congress poised to pass Capitol security money, Afghan aid

WASHINGTON (AP) - The House is expected to pass emergency legislation Thursday that would bolster security at the Capitol, repay outstanding debts from the violent Jan. 6 insurrection and increase the...

Jul 29, 2021

Israel to offer 3rd COVID booster shot to older citizens

JERUSALEM (AP) - Israel's prime minister on Thursday announced that the country would offer a coronavirus booster to people over 60 who have already been vaccinated. The announcement by Naftali Bennet...

Jul 29, 2021

Biden to allow eviction moratorium to expire Saturday

BOSTON (AP) - The Biden administration will allow a nationwide ban on evictions to expire Saturday, arguing that its hands are tied after the Supreme Court signaled it could only be extended until the...

Jul 29, 2021

Officials in Tokyo alarmed as cases hit record highs

TOKYO (AP) - Japanese officials sounded the alarm Thursday as Tokyo reported record-breaking coronavirus cases for the third straight day with the Olympics well underway. "We have never experienced th...

Jul 29, 2021

Wisconsin officer to be charged in 2016 slaying of Black man

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge on Wednesday found probable cause to charge a police officer in the 2016 slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car, taking the rare step of overruli...

Jul 28, 2021

Wisconsin officer charged in 2016 slaying of Black man

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A Wisconsin judge charged a police officer Wednesday in the 2016 slaying of a Black man who was sitting in a parked car, taking the rare step of overruling prosecutors years after...

Jul 28, 2021

NY to require state employees to get vaccines, or get tested

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - New York will require all state employees to get vaccinated against the coronavirus by Labor Day or undergo weekly tests for COVID-19, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said Wednesday. "It's smart...

Jul 28, 2021